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BT Synergy 5100
User Guide
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Welcome to your BT Synergy 5100 Digital Cordless Telephone • Display with blue backlight. • 250 Name and number phonebook. • Copy phonebook entries between other handsets or your mobile phone SIM card. 1 • Send and receive text messages. • Caller Display shows you who’s calling and see details of the last 30 callers 2 in a Calls list. • Register up to 5 handsets to a single base. • Make internal calls, transfer external calls, hold 3-way conversation between two internal callers and an exter
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This User Guide provides you with all the information Got everything? you need to get the most from your phone. • BT Synergy 5100 base • BT Synergy 5100 handset • 2 x AAA NiMH rechargeable Before you make your first call you will need to set up batteries • Mains power adaptor for the base your phone. Follow the simple instructions in ‘Getting (item code 040497) Started’, on the next few pages. • Telephone line cord Need help? If you have purchased a BT Synergy If you have any problems setti
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4 In this guide Getting started Edit ringtone .................................................................18 Location ..........................................................................6 Delete an entry ..............................................................18 Setting up .......................................................................6 Delete entire phonebook ................................................19 Setting up for multiple packs ............................
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In this guide 5 Agenda Read, forward, delete, view and save numbers of Add a new event ............................................................30 texts in the Inbox ...........................................................42 Switch off agenda ring ...................................................30 Edit or send texts in the Drafts box ..................................43 Show agenda details ......................................................31 Forward or delete texts in the Outbox
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6 Getting started WARNING Location Do not place your BT Synergy 5100 in the bathroom or other humid areas. You need to place your BT Synergy 5100 base within 2 metres of the mains power socket and telephone socket so that the cables will reach. Handset range The BT Synergy 5100 has a range of up to 300 Make sure it is at least 1 metre away from other electrical appliances to avoid metres outdoors when there is a clear line of sight interference. Your BT Synergy 5100 works by sending radio
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Getting started 7 2. Make sure the battery ribbon is Battery low warning laying flat inside the compartment If the icon flashes in the external display you will need to recharge the handset before and insert the two batteries supplied you can use it again. observing the polarity markings During charging, the icon will scroll in (+ and -). the display. 3. Attach the battery compartment cover by sliding the ends into the Battery performance holes inside the compartment, In ideal conditi
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8 Getting started 2. Insert the batteries as described previously above. 3. Place the handset on the charger to charge for at least 24 hours. When the handset is fully charged the icon will indicate that it is fully charged. Your BT Synergy 5100 is ready for use. Date and time Providing you have subscribed to your network’s Caller Display service, the date and time is set automatically for all handsets when you receive your first call. The date and time is recorded with each call you rece
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Getting to know your phone 9 Handset buttons Redial/Up In standby, press to open and scroll through the Redial list, page 16. In talk mode, press to increase volume. In menu mode, press to scroll through the options. Option button (right) When storing an entry in the phonebook, press Press to select options displayed on screen. and hold to enter a Pause, page 58. In menu mode, press to step back one screen. In standby, press names to open the Option button (left) phonebook menu. Press to
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10 Getting to know your phone Standby screen Charger Range indicator Battery status Flashes when out of Scrolls when charging range or not registered Handset number SYNERGY 1 MENU NAMES Handset name Display icons Displayed in standby mode to indicate handset Displayed in handsfree talk mode. is in range of the base. Flashes if you move out An alarm is set. of range. The keypad is locked. Shows handset battery status. † You have SMS text messages.* † Scrolls when the handset is char
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Getting to know your phone 11 Base Find Press to ring all registered handsets, helpful for finding a missing handset, page 16. SIM Card slot See page 20. Battery charging light (red) Power / In use light (green) On=handset charging on base. On=power on. Flashes=base in use. Option buttons Navigating the menus Press to select the option displayed Your BT Synergy 5100 has an easy to use menu system. on the screen. Options Each menu has a list of options, which you can see on the menu map on th
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12 Getting to know your phone Menu map TExT MESSAGING CALLS LISTS AGENDA NETWORk SERvICES CLOCk & ALARM WRITE MESSAGE MISSED CALLS ADD EVENT BT HELPLINE DATE & TIME INBOX RECEIVED CALLS The following options BT 118500 ALARM DRAFTS DIALLED CALLS will only be displayed DIVERT ON TIME FORMAT OUTBOX DELETE CALLS once an event has DIVERT OFF TEMPLATES been stored: DIVERT CHECK DELETE MESSAGES ADD EVENT C WAIT ON TEXT SETTINGS SHOW DETAILS C WAIT OFF EDIT EVENT C WAIT CHECK SEND AS A TEXT DEL
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Getting to know your phone 13 SETTINGS REGISTRATION NAMES menu Press names SET HANDSET REGISTER HANDSET From menu in standby: during a call: RINGTONE SELECT BASE SEARCH Phonebook list RINGER VOLUME DE-REGISTER ADD ENTRY is displayed. RECEIVER VOLUME COPY PHONEBOOK ADD ENTRY HANDSET NAME DIALLING CODES SHOW DETAILS LANGUAGE MEMORY STATUS EDIT ENTRY SCREENSAVER DELETE PHONEBOOK DELETE ENTRY LIGHT TIMEOUT AUTO TALK Press in standby: KEY BEEP PABX ACCESS CODE PHoneBook emPtY w
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14 Using the phone When you make a call, the green In Use light on Switch the handset on / off the base flashes. 1. In standby, press and hold to switch the handset off. Call timer Your handset will automatically time the duration When off, press to switch back on, or put the handset back on its base. of all external calls. The handset display shows the call duration both during and for a few seconds after your call. Make a call During a call, you can open the phonebook by pressing names
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Using the phone 15 There are 8 volume settings, the default setting Adjust the earpiece /receiver volume is level 1. 1. During a call, press or to increase the volume. The display shows the level. Secrecy Secrecy During a call, you can use the secrecy function to talk to someone nearby without 1. During a call, press secrecY. The display shows secrecY on and your caller your caller hearing. cannot hear you. 2. Press off to return to your caller. Make a handsfree call 1. Dial the number
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16 Using the phone Redial a number from the redial list 1. Press the last number you called is displayed. 2. Press or to scroll to the number you want. 3. Press to dial. Save a number from the redial list to the phonebook Please see page 34 for instructions, “Copy a Calls list number to the phonebook”, and select the Dialled calls option. Delete a redial number/delete all redial Please see page 35 for instructions and select the DialleD calls option. keypad lock To lock the keypad You c
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Using the phone 17 You can store up to 250 names and numbers in the phonebook. Names can be up to 12 250 Name and number phonebook characters long and numbers up to 24 digits. You can also select different ring tones for phonebook entries. Store a name and number When storing a name the first character is upper case and the rest lower case. 1. From standby, press names. The phonebook menu is displayed. To change the case manually, press . 2. searcH is highlighted. Scroll to aDD entrY and
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18 Using the phone Search alphabetically Edit a name and number Press 1. Press . Or 2. Scroll or to the entry you want. Press names. searcH is highlighted. Press select. 3. Press oPtions and scroll to eDit entrY and press select. The list of entries is displayed. 4. Press clear to delete characters, use the keypad to enter new ones then Enter the first letter of the name you want. The first name beginning with that letter is displayed. press ok. Scroll to view any other entries beginn
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Using the phone 19 Delete entire phonebook 1. Press names. 2. Scroll or to Delete PHoneBook and press select. 3. Press Yes to confirm or no to cancel. 4. Press Back to return to the previous menu level. Copy an entry to another handset When you have more than one handset registered to your BT Synergy 5100 base, you can 1. Press . copy entries between handsets. 2. Scroll or to the entry you want. 3. Press oPtions and scroll to coPY entrY and press select. 4. to HanDset is displayed.
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20 Using the phone Important Copy an entry to a SIM card Make sure your numbers are stored on the SIM card and not just on the mobile itself, otherwise 1. Insert the SIM card into the SIM READER slot on the side of the base. copying will not work. 2. Press to open the phonebook list then press oPtions. While SIM copying is taking place do not replace the handset on the base as this will 3. Scroll to coPY entrY and press select. stop the transfer. However, if an incoming call is received
